Summer Lovers 1982

Summer Lovers

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Movie Info

Michael Pappas (Peter Gallagher) and his girlfriend, Cathy (Daryl Hannah), are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When Michael meets Lina (Valerie Quennessen), who is in Greece from Paris doing archaeological work, he is enamored with the beautiful foreigner. Cathy, unhappy about Lina getting close to Michael, confronts the woman -- only to be unexpectedly wooed by her charms as well.

Rating:

R
Genre:

romance
Original Language:

English
Director:

Randal Kleiser
Producer:

Mike Moder
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 7, 2003
Runtime:

1h 38m
Sound Mix:

Surround

Cast & Crew

Peter Gallagher
Michael Pappas

Daryl Hannah
Cathy Featherstone

Valerie Quennessen
Lina

Barbara Rush
Jean Featherstone

Carole Cook
Barbara Foster

Hans van Tongeren
Jan Tolin

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Critic Reviews for Summer Lovers

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (6)

Kleiser wisely grasps that his setting is at least as important as his story and constructs his story to take maximum advantage of the fact.

April 27, 2018 | Full Review…

Bruce McCabe
Boston Globe
The result is a movie that doesn't really work as semi-erotic romance, and never quite gets itself together as a character study. It's as if Frankie and Annette were in therapy.

October 23, 2004 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
...just further proof that characters don't have to be interesting for movies to be made about them as long as they're white, young, and beautiful.

December 28, 2018 | Rating: 4/10 | Full Review…

Nathanael Hood
The Retro Set
... not your usual eighties sex romp.... takes an adult look at love, sex, and modern romance in the uninhibited world of the Greek islands.

March 30, 2017 | Full Review…

Sean Axmaker
Seanax.com
It's a good thing Summer Lovers is such a physical beauty, because there's not much occurring inside its handsome head.

September 12, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
Beautiful locations and a goofy story

September 2, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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July 25, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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March 27, 2004 | Rating: 2/5

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality & Practice

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Audience Reviews for Summer Lovers

Sep 06, 2010

A strange romance movie, I saw it a very long time ago and I didn't care for it, but maybe I should see it again?

Aj V Super Reviewer
Nov 12, 2006

This is a odd movie. The basic plot is a young American couple go the Greek Islands for a vacation. They end up having a sexual relationship with a young French women they meet there. The film stars Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah and Valerie Quennessen. The story is simple enough. Solid cast makes the movie work. I liked Daryl Hannah in this. Overall a hit and miss movie. Worth maybe a watch if your a fan of any of the main actors in it.

Corey n Super Reviewer